We interrupt your regularly scheduled vegan broadcasting for a brief foray into the world of paleo. Well, paleo-lite perhaps. Or in some ways, paleo-plus. Paleo-esque? Here’s the sum total of what I’m allowed to eat on this elimination diet:

chicken, eggs, fish (though I’ve yet to partake of any fish)

lemons and limes

non-starchy, non-nightshade vegetables

chia, flax, hemp, sunflower, pumpkin seeds

non-nightshade herbs and spices

olive oil, flax oil or sunflower seed oil

alternative sweeteners (stevia, mesquite, lucuma, maca, carob)

kelp noodles (and other seaweed products)

That’s it.

All told, I’m doing fairly well on this restricted diet. I’ve come up with some incredibly, um, creative recipes. Some good, and some not so good.

I modified it. It’s so much hers, that I’m going to make you go to her site to get the directions. I’m just going to give you the ingredients.

Seems fair, no?

One note – the sunflower seeds react with baking soda to turn green. The mesquite flour in this recipe “hides” most of the green. (You might still notice a slightly green tint.) There’s nothing wrong or bad with green. But, brown is so much more appetizing, don’t you think?

What do you do with all those ingredients? Head on over to Against All Grain and find out.

This might not seem indulgent to you at all. But, after the way I’ve been eating these last few weeks, a baked good of any sort is EXTREMELY indulgent. For other slightly indulgent treats, check out Slightly Indulgent Tuesdays.

Hi Deanna – thanks for sharing my recipe! Did you know that if you reduce the amount of baking soda and add a little lemon juice you can usually counter the green color? Although the mesquite powder does give it a nice rye look to it!

Sure. I was/am supporting a friend who is dealing with chronic pain issues. The doctor and naturopath are trying to determine if something is causing some underlying inflammation in her body. So, we’re following a diet that supposedly is fairly anti-inflammatory. I’m actually slowly adding things back in right now – testing one food every few days. So far, coconut is a go. Sesame seeds a no (I think – need to re-test.) Those are really the only things I’ve tried so far.

Oh how funny. This recipe has been up for months and no one (including me) has caught that. It’s 2 T. mesquite flour – not honey.) The recipe has been corrected. Thanks for catching that! (The original recipe on which I based this used honey.)